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Meaning of cenzontle



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Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

cenzontle
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It's a way to call a songbird in Mexico. It is well known as sinsonte, has a very melodious song and can imitate many very different sounds. Its scientific name is Mimus polyglottos and belongs to the Mimidae family.

  



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Sust. MASC. Native songbird from North America and Central, in the order of the passerines, the mimidae family. He is supposed to be able to imitate any sounds: other birds, animals - including the human voice-, machines, etc. The Repertoire of an experienced male can consist of 50 to 200 songs. It referred to its genus and species, Mimus polyglottos: imitator of many languages and etymology, twice reduced its popular name, derived from the Nahuatl «cenzontlatoltótotl», consisting of «cenzontli»: four hundred, «tlatolli»: Word, and «tótotl»: bird. Phonetic variants: cenzonte, cinzonte, Mockingbird. He has improperly considered Nightingale. This is the old world Flycatcher family, genus Luscinia Luscinia species, and is found in Europe and Asia. (Sources: Wikipedia and dictionary of aztequismos, Luis Cabrera )

  










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